Browse: Scarlatti, D - Keyboard Sonata K29 in D major

Long immersed in Scarlatti’s music, Sudbin is an ardent advocate, his fearless Russian-school technique making light weather of even the most breakneck writing: rhythms are crisp and buoyant;... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Angela Hewitt responds intuitively and alluringly to the multi-faceted character of these sonatas — BBC Music Magazine, 01/03/2016 More…

if Tharaud is evidently aware of the stylistic insights afforded by the scholarly diggings of the past few decades, he's unrepentantly pianistic in his approach...Tharaud's is playing with personality,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

in order for Huangci to maintain balance and proportion within her superimposed larger forms, she understandably omits repeats, which avid Scarlatti connoisseurs might miss. Yet when you consider... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2015 More…

The sonatas that tend to come off more effectively are those where Korstick is less obviously ‘interpreting’ them. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2022 More…

Pi-hsien Chen is an accomplished pianist, steeped in 18th and 20th century repertoires, and she knows how to treat their different sounds with the appropriate respect — International Piano, July/August 2013 More…

Purists allergic to Scarlatti on the piano needn't hesitate. Mikhail Pletnev seems to relish the Steinway but his range of tone is ravishing and his playfulness is captivating, and both outweigh... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…